Research on the Construction of an Innovative Model for Basic Photography Teaching in Colleges and Universities Under the Background of New Liberal Arts

Abstract

As the core link of higher photography education, basic photography teaching is a key carrier connecting artistic literacy cultivation and technical practice application. Currently, basic photography teaching in Chinese colleges and universities faces multiple dilemmas such as outdated concepts, fragmented practice, disconnection between theory and the market, and a single evaluation system, resulting in the quality of talent training being difficult to meet the development needs of media convergence in the digital age. Based on constructivist learning theory, situational teaching theory, and innovation and entrepreneurship education concepts, this study draws on the mature teaching experience of European and American universities and combines the actual situation of domestic photography education to construct an innovative teaching model of “three core teaching methods + two supplementary dimensions”. Through literature research, questionnaire survey, interview, action research, comparative research, and case study methods, a one-year teaching practice was carried out with 90 students majoring in photography of Grade 2023 as the research objects, and a combination of quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods was used to verify the effectiveness of the model. The results show that the experimental group is significantly superior to the control group in core indicators such as theoretical application rate, equipment utilization rate, work innovation, number of awards in competitions, and enterprise employment rate. Among them, the theoretical application rate increased by 35%, the equipment utilization rate increased by 55%, and the number of awards in competitions increased by 300%. This model has realized the transformation from “skill transmission” to “literacy cultivation”, and provided an operable and promotable practical path for the reform of basic photography teaching in colleges and universities under the background of New Liberal Arts.